On June 23, U.S. District Court Judge James Gwin, a Clinton appointee, said that Cleveland’s plans for demonstrations at the Republican presidential convention next month is incompatible with the First Amendment. He ordered mediation to come up with a different plan. The problem with the city’s plan is that it keeps demonstrations too far away from the convention hall. See this story. The case is Citizens for Trump v City of Cleveland, n.d., 1:16cv-1465. The lawsuit had been filed by the ACLU on June 14, 2016. The plaintiffs are political diverse and include both pro-Trump and anti-Trump groups.

Marc Allan Feldman has died. He was one of the most energetic campaigners for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination last month in Orlando, receiving 58 votes on the first ballot, placing fifth. He was an emergency room physician at Cleveland Clinic. See this description of him from the Clinic’s web page. He had an excellent sense of humor and won the admiration of the convention attendees with his satiric rap performance. UPDATE: see this news story. Thanks to Jackie Donahue for the link.

The Kansas Secretary of State has proposed a regulation that would have the result of preventing voters who didn’t provide documents proving citizenship from voting for state and local office. See this story.